let's start syria, steve. this call for him to step down, the president. what is next? what could be next? and is there anything left for the administration to do? >> it is hard to know what comes next but it is a good thing, i think that they finally called for h him to step down. if you look back at the way the administration has talked about syria it seems totally out of touch with what was going on on the ground. calling for him to listen to engage in and engauge in reform. assad was never going do thatth. he was not a reformer fundamentally. he was a dictator. i will think the problem now is they have taken off the table any discussion of possible military action. i'm not saying they should be out there saber rattling or call for this. at the very least stop saying we are not going to do this. another thing when you have a background briefer at the white house saying we are not eager to use military right now. you had mike mullen two weeks ago saying military action is essentially off the table. one of the things you need to leave open is the possibility that assad